Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 44550

NHS: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 7 April 2025
Answered: 22 April 2025

Question

Mary Kelly Foy

LabourCity of Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of (a) harassment and (b) abuse of NHS staff.

Answer

Karin Smyth
There is no national mechanism at present to capture and report incidents of harassment and abuse. Data is held at a local level. The NHS Staff Survey captures data on self-reported incidents. Results from the 2024 NHS Staff Survey showed that 25.08% of s...

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